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RUDOLF KRAUS, OF LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF THREE- TVENTIETHS TO FRANZ BERGMANN, OF SAME PLACE.

AUTOMATIC MATCH-UGHTER.

STECIFXCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 491,314, dated February 7, 1893.

Application filed August 20, 1892. Serial No. 44315791 (N0 mOdL) To rf/ZZ when?, t may concern: matches. It is supported upon its rear end Be itknown thatl, RUDOLF KRAUS, of Long only by springs d', that connect it to a bracket Island City, Queens county, New York, have d2. At the front end the box d, is provided invented an improved Automatic Matchwith a slit or discharge opening; d3, a short 5 Lighteigof which the following is a specificadistance above its bottom. To the bottom of 55 tion. the box d, is pivoted an inclined Q;ate or shelf This invention relates to a machine for aud, acted upon by spring; d, and provided with `tomatieall y feeding' and striking a match by a shoulder d, back of slit d3. In front of the the turn of a hand lever. shelf d1,thereis secured to the machine frame,

m The machine is designed for use in stores a fixed inclined slide e. This slide is pro- 6o and bar rooms, where the customer can thus vided with a pair of slits through which probe easily aud neat-ly served with a lighted ject upwardly a pair of pivoted stops e', that match. are weighted at their lower ends so as to be- The invention consists in the various feacome automatically righted.

1 5 tures of improvement more fully pointed out Upon the shaft c, there is mounted a star 65 in the claims. wheel c4, which l term the shaker and ln the accompanying drawings: Figure lis which on the revolution of the shaft strikes a top view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a longiagainst an arm dl, of box (Z, to rapidly vibrate tndinal section on line w, ai, Fig. l. Fig. 3 a the same on its spring d.

zo section on line y, y, Fig. l. Fig. 4- a section To the shaft b, are attached a pair of lin- 7c on line e', e', Fig. l. Fig. 5 a section on line gers bg, that strike against pins d'7, projecting,` fo, a', Fig. l. Fig. 6 a section of part of the laterally from shelf di, when the shaft is machine showing the jaws in a different porocked backward. Thus the shelf is opened sition. Fig. 7 a cross section on line y y', and permits a match to drop down upon the z5 Fig.2. Figs. S and Y) longitudinal section of slide e, and against the stops e', while the 75 box d, showing the shelf closed and open and shoulder d6, hold the other matches back.

Fig. l0 a detail edge view of part of wheel j. When the shaft b, is revolved forward the The let-ter a, represents the frame of, the fingers bs, will release the pins d?, and the machine in which turns a rock shaft h, proshelf will be closed by spring (Z5. The for vided with an operating handle h. Upon ward motion of shaft Z), will also cause the 8o rock shaft l), is mounted the loose gear wheel shaft c, to be revolved a semi-revolution, it

h3. To the shaft i), are furthermore secured being understood that one complete motion a pair of arms or hangers h4, h5, connected at of the hand lever produces a semi-revolution their lower ends by a bar h6, parallel to the of the shafts h, c. The backward motion of shaft. To the arm h5, there is secured a click the shaft c, will effect two objects, firstly it 8 5 h?, that engages and revolves wheel h3, when will by star wheel c", rattle the box and thus the shaft b, is rocked forward but does not shake a new match through slit d3, and upon act upon the wheel when the shaft is rocked the shelf d4, ready for the next operation. backward. Across the frame a, and parallel Secondly, it will cause the fingers c2, of the rese to the shaft b, there is hung,` asecond shaft c, volving jaw c', to pick up the match thatlies 9o npon which are mounted two jaws c', proagainst the stops e', and to carry it over the vided at their ends with the spring finger c2, stops which will be tilted by the match. As made of unequal length. Upon the shaft c, the Inatchf, descends the inclined slide e, it there is rigidly mounted a gear wheel c3, meshwill be iirmlypressed in between the spring iin- 45 ing` into wheel bi, and by which motion is imgers c2, and will be carried by the same into 95 parted to the shaft c, when the shaft I), is a position directly below the shaft c. In this rocked forward, while no motion is imparted position the match is held while the shaft b, to the shaft c, when the shaft b, is rocked turns backward because as has already been backward. stated, the shaft c, remains stationary during 5e d, is a box or a hopper for receiving the the backward motion of shaft b. Upon the 10o next forward motion of shaft b, the match held by the spring fingers will be carried upward to lay vertically above shaft c, while a new match is picked up by the other pair of spring fingers in the manner previously described. The first match in its upward motion will rub against a yielding abrading surface g, and become ignited. Thus it will be seen that each complete motion of the machine presents one ignited match to the operator and picks up a second match which is ignited by the next operation. To keep the abrading surface clean I employ a scraper g', fast on one of the jaws c.

In order to lock the shaft c, in position during the backward motion of shaft Y), I employ a catch or spring hook 7L, that is adapted to engage a perforation b9, of wheel c3, when the jaws c', are in their terminal or vertical positions. This engagement is broken by finger 7L', on shaft that throws vthe hook away from the wheel when the shaft Z1, has almost completed its backward motion.

Upon the shaft c, there is also mounted a wheel t', having a pair of shoulders i', placed diametrielally opposite each other. These shoulders are adapted to be engaged by an arm ft2, at each complete operation of the machine. The object of this arrangement is to cause the shaft to perform always a full semirevolution and bring a pair of jaws always properly to the top.

To prevent the shaft ZJ, from falling back suddenly upon the release of the handle, I connect it to a vane or flyj, by gear wheelj, pinion jz, and gear wheel js. The gear wheel is fast on the shaft Z), and engaged by a .7 s

pawlj'l, adapted to drop into either one of a pairl of inclined notchesj", of wheelj, when the lever has arrived at its most forward position. This has for its object to prevent the shaft b, from being revolved backward unless a full forward motion has been imparted to the lever, in as much as the pawl will slip out of the beveled notch j, of wheel j', but not out of the teeth of said wheel. /Vhen the handle is released, the shaft b, is rocked backward by a spring m, engaging the bar bc, which presses the bar forward and consequently rocks the shaft b, backward. The backward through a perforation 7.5.

ated by a suitable lever 7a2, acted upon by a pin 7.93, on bar b. Vhen the handle b', is thrown forward the knife will be raised to cut off the tip. But when the handle falls backward, a

spring 7a4, acting upon lever k2, will cause the knife to descend below the perforation 76.

That I claim is,

1. The combination of a revolving shaft with a pair of jaws secured thereto, a vibrat ing hopper, a pivoted stop between the hopper and the jaws and with a rubbing surface, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of a revolving shaft with a pair of jaws having spring fingers and with a vibrating hopper, a pivoted gate controlling its discharge orifice, a stop and a rubbing surface, substantially as specified.

3. The combination of a shaft with a pairof jaws, a hopper, springs supporting the same, a star wheel for agitating the hopper, a shelf controlling the discharge orifice of the hopper and with a rubbing surface, substantially as specified.

et. The combination of a shaft l), with intergeared shaft c, jaws c', secured thereto and having fingers c2, and with hopper CZ, shelf d4, inclined slide e, stop e', and rubbing surface g, substantially as specified.

5. The combination of shaft b,having hand lever h', and loose wheel b3, with shaft c,having jaws c', and adapted to be intergeared with shaft b, and with a hopper, a pivoted shelf, a slide, a stop and a rubbing surface, substantially as specified.

G. The combination of shaft h, with intergeared shaft c, having jaws c', wheel c', having shoulders i', and an arm 2, adapted to engage such shoulders, substantially as specified.

7. The combination of shaft I), with intergeared shaft c, having jaws c', and with a hopper, a pivoted stop, a rubbing surface and with a knife 7c, operated by the shaft b, substantially as specified.

8. The combination of shaft h, with notched gear wheel j', pawl j, a fiyj, and with a shaft c, having jaws c', a hopper, a stop and a rubbing surface, substantially as specified.

9. The combination of a shaft c, with a pair of jaws c', a vibrating hopper, a pivoted gate having a shoulder d, and controlling the discharge orifice of the hopper and with a stop between the hopper and the jaws, substantially as specified.

RUDOLF KRAUS. Vitnesses:

I'IENRY KRAUs, F. v. BRIESEN.

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